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In 15th place we have Life in Tokyo by Japan, submitted byIrish Aris
Have I heard the band/Artist: No
Have I heard the song: No
Thoughts: Being honest, I’ve never been a huge fan of the New Wave genre. Liked the sweeping synth sound at the start of it, but got repetitive pretty quickly. Not a massive fan of the Vocals and the chorus was a little underwhelming. Bridge is interesting, but not enough to move it any further up the list
Score: 5.80 -
In 14th place, Malibu by Hole, submitted byLassykk
Have I heard the band/Artist: Yes
Have I heard the song: Yes
Thoughts: The absolute whack off 90’s of this one! Sorry Lassy but Courtney Loves voice really grates on me. Apart from that its a decent tune, but it kind of turns to background music after the first listen
Score: 6.10 -
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In 13th place - Land of 1000 Dances by Wilson Pickett, submitted byShaneU
Have I heard the band/Artist: No
Have I heard the song: No
Thoughts: Had high hopes for this one until the Na Na Na’s came in, I cant put into words how much this put me of the song. Wilson as some set of lungs on him, some very nice funk/soul screams. I might have a different view on this after a few jars, I reckon I’d definitely find my way to the dance floor for it! The energy and vocals are great, but it’s a no on the na na na bit
Score: 6.60 -
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In 12th place we have Rainy Night in Soho by Ronnie Drew, submitted byS1ippy
Have I heard the band/Artist: Yes
Have I heard the song: Not this version
Thoughts: OK I’m going to keep this one short because Ronnie Drew is a legend and I don’t want to be disrespecting him, BUT…..A Rainy Night in Soho is one of my absolute favourite songs and I just can get behind this version of it. I don’t think Drew’s voice suites this song, I also wouldn’t be a fan of the guitar/piano going through it, there’s just something a bit off sounding about it. Damien Dempsey’s verse is nice addition.
Score: 6.70 -
In 11th place we have Jackson by Johnny Cash and June Carter , submitted byJP Liz V1
Have I heard the band/Artist: Yes
Have I heard the song: Yes
Thoughts: Never been a fan of Johnny Cash and in my opinion June Carter saves this song. Love her attitude and the way she belts out those first words on each line. Nice upbeat tempo that immediately has my foot tapping
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In 10th place we have Corsican by The Antlers, submitted byHomer J. Fong
Have I heard the band/Artist: No
Have I heard the song: No
Thoughts: So prior to listening to this one I’d never heard of the Antlers or this song, but as soon as the first notes hit I had the feeling I’d heard it somewhere before. After doing a bit of digging it turns out I went to see their lead singer perform in the Unitarian church in Dublin.
I think this was the hardest song to mark, I really wasn’t into the first listen, then second time around it grew on me, I listened to it again after that and I was back to not really being a fan of it. Its definitely an emotionally song and you can clearly hear that from the vocalist, but I was waiting for the song to move up a notch and it just never came.
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In 9th place - Georgia On My Mind by Ray Charles, submitted byThe Purple Tin
Have I heard the band/Artist: Yes
Have I heard the song: Yes
Thoughts: Straight off the bat I’ve never liked the Intro to this song, and its one of those ones I cant explain. Charles voice really is iconic, silky smooth.
Backing Harmonies/melodies are unreal.
A classic song but its not going to break into the top of the list this time around
Score: 7.60 -
In 8th place we have Moskau by Rammstein, submitted byFixXxer
Have I heard the band: Yes
Have I heard the song: Yes
Thoughts: Rammstein are a band I’ve always been kinda into, but wouldn’t know there whole back catalogue. Seen them live a couple of years ago and was absolutely blown away by their performance.
This is exactly the type of sound I think of when I think of a Rammstein song, Like the female vocals that accompany throughout, also love the pipe sounding synth that makes an appearance around 2:10. Tends to get slightly repetitive.
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In 7th place we have Knights of Cydonia by Muse, submitted byGru
Have I heard the band/Artist: Yes
Have I heard the song: Yes
Thoughts: Muse are a band that I would have been massively into about a decade ago, It’s a long time since I’ve listened to anything by them and this still sounds very current. The Intro is great and the guitar has a lovely tone. The Brass adds a nice element to it. Don’t like the ohhs that start around 1:45, could have done without them, drum fills are excellent. Love the build-up starting around 3:45. The song clocks in at over 6 minutes, I felt it was a little repetitive towards the end
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In 6th place - I set my face to the Hillside by Tortoise, submitted byOsh
Have I heard the band/Artist: No
Have I heard the song: No
Thoughts: I’ll be very interested in this going by the intro. Love the slow build and how they keep adding in different little details throughout the song. While I mentioned that the Muse song was a bit long at 6 minutes, I could nearly keep listening to this for longer than its 6:09 runtime.
Anytime a xylophone is added to a song I’m on board! The song has the feel of a great group of musicians just jamming out and I really enjoy that dynamic. Definitely a band I’ll look further into.
Score:7.90 -
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In 5th place we have Jacksonville Skyline by Whiskytown , submitted byRothko
Have I heard the band/Artist: I know Ryan Adams, never listened to Whiskytown though
Have I heard the song: No
Thoughts: Adams is an amazing song writer and I’ve always enjoyed listening to his stuff, “Oh My Sweet Carolina” is one of my absolute favourite song, it’s a pity he turned out to be an A grade scumbag! But this is a song contest and I’m going to judge it that way.
Big fan of this alt-country sound.
I cant reiterate how well written this song is, it bounced around between 3 and 5, I enjoyed the ones ahead of it that little bit more, but that could easily change if I were to listen to them a week from now
Score:80 -
In 4th - The Rains of Castamere by Serj Tankian/Ramin Djawadi, submitted byy0ssae1an22
Have I heard the band/Artist: Yes
Have I heard the song: Don’t think I’ve heard this version of it
Thoughts: Serj Tankian is unreal, he really can put his voice to any type of music and still sound brilliant. This is all very cinematic, which I suppose is to be expected giving its from a TV show.
Love the build ups, especially around 2:45. The choir is also an excellent addition, really adds to that haunting feeling that goes through the song.
Shout out to Ramin Djawadi who arranged this particular version of the song, excellent job all around
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In 16th place - Arlandria by The Foo Fighters, submitted byAlso Starring LaVar Burton
Have I heard the band/Artist: Yes
Have I heard the song: No
Thoughts: this is one of those it’s not you Dave, it’s me moments! The Foos are a band I could never get into no matter how hard I’ve tried. I respect that they’ve got a massive following and they churn out hit after hit and they put on amazing live performances, but I just find them a bit the same. I’ve never listened to this track , yet I feel like I’ve heard it 100 time before.
Score: 5.40 -
Also Starring LeVar Burton wrote: »Always so nervous when it's at Top 3 and Bottom 3 and your song hasn't appeared yet...
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In 17th place - Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond by Ella Roberts, submitted byBarney92
Have I heard the band/Artist: No
Have I heard the song: No
Thoughts: Another one I wouldn’t be a huge fan of, don’t hate it by any means but its just not the type of song/vocal I enjoy listening to. The singer seems to have a really odd accent on certain phrases and it’s a bit off putting. I don’t know if this is just the version I’m listening to but the Vocals seem to get a bit muddled in the rest of the music and for an artist that seems to be primarily about her vocals it seems like an odd decision. NOTE, I listened to other version by the same artist and this issue seems to be in those as well. Sorry Ella, you’re just not for me
Score: 5.10
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